Top Bay Area pastry chefs join forces for charity event: Dessert For Dinner

In a similar pastry-minded and charitable spirit as last May’s Killed By Dessert event, a group of haute Bay Area pastry chefs are teaming up for a one-night event next month.

Dubbed Dessert For Dinner, the event will bring together the sweets specialists from some of the region’s most forward-thinking restaurants. Andrea Correa, pastry chef at Parallel 37, and Cindy Falatic, pastry chef at the Ritz-Carlton, will host Shawn Gawle of Saison, Joshua Meiseman of Commis, Stephanie Prida of Manresa and William Werner of Craftsman and Wolves for a collaborative Dessert For Dinner menu on Monday, February 24.

The evening will start with cocktails and savory hors d’oeuvres. Then the seated dinner, which starts at 8pm, will feature six dessert courses from the aforementioned sextet of pastry chefs, plus two savory intermezzos from Parallel 37 chef Michael Rotondo. Tickets are $125 per person, with a $70 optional beverage pairing (exclusive of tax and gratuity). For tickets and additional information, call Parallel 37 at (415) 773-6168.

Also of import here: It’s a charity event for This Bar Saves Lives, an organization that donates a life-saving packet of food for every snack bar bought. The fundraising dessert dinner also marks the beginning of a partnership between Parallel 37 and that organization, which is launching a new offshoot: This Dessert Saves Lives, wherein restaurants join the cause by putting a custom dish on their dessert menu that features one of their deconstructed snack bars — and in turn, just like the normal bars, This Bar Saves Lives donates a packet of food to a hungry child.

Read more about This Bar Saves Lives on its website; and read more about the Parallel 37 Dessert For Dinner event here.